COMMERCIAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 363, 24 May 1911, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY

REPORT,

At the Haymarket on Saturday, 13th, weaner pigs made Gs Gd to 9s, stores 14s to 16s Gd.

At Urenui on Monday weaners made 16s to 22s 6d, IS month steers £2 13s, IS month heifers .£2 123, empty heifers £3 2s, forward heifers £4 4s, 2 year steers £3 17s 6d, 2* year steers £4 10s (id, store cows £3, forward cows £3 9s to £4 9s, fat bullock £7 3s, 20 acres turnips realised 32s 6d per acre.

At Stratford on Tuesday there was a fair yarding. Mixed weaners made 12s Gd to 17s Gd, IS month steers £2 lis to £3 3s, 2h year steers £3 15s, weaner heifers 29s 6d, empty heifers £2 17s to £3 10s, weaner steers 28s, in calf heifers £3 14s to .£5 7s, store cow 3 £1 lis to £3 Is 6d, forward cows £3 7s Gd to £4. fat cows £4 18s

to £5 19s, cow in milk £6 15s, 3J

year bullocks £5 2s Gd, 3 year bullocks £4 173, bulls £2 15s to £5 7s. At Stony River on Wednesday there was a small yarding. Mixed weaners made 24s 6 3 to 28s, in calf heifers £3 15s to £4 Is, forward cows £4 2s, fat heifers ££4 7s, springing cows £5 to £G 7s 6d, 15 acres turnips with outrun realised £2 5s per acre.

The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Co. report: — At Ohaupo, on May 16th, we held our annual sale of sheep and cattle for turnip stocking. The entry consisted of 1008 cattle and 4300 sheen. For all fleshy stock there was a keen demand, but for store stock competition was not brisk. With reference to sheep, there was hardly a pen of really good forward wethers entered, the whole number practically being in low condition. Very forward to almost fat 3£ year steers, £7 10s to £8 16s, good quality fresh 3 and 3ft year steers £5 15s to £7, 2h year store steers £4 8s to £5, meaty cows and heifers £3 15s to £4 10s, store cows £2 to £2 15s, 18 month steers £3 3s to £3 7s Gd, good calves 38s to 435, smaller sorts 32s 6d to 37s 6d, small sorts 20s to 255, fat ewes 14s to 18s 6d, fresh wethers 14s 6d to ss, large framed store wethers 15s 9d, medium sized store wethers 12s Gd to 13s Gd, small wethers 10s to lis Gd, good woolly lambs Ss to 9s 9d, shorn lambs 7s to 8s Gd, smaller lambs 4s Gd to 5s Gd, fat lambs 10s, good 2, 4 and 6 tooth ewes in lamb 14s, small 2 tooth ewes in lamb 10s Gd.

At Ngaruawahia, on 17th, we held our annual sale of cattle and sheep for turnip stocking purposes, when an entry of 150 cattle and GSOO sheep came forward. The cattle were in good forward condition, but the yarding was not as good as was anticipated. Fat steers £8 9s to £9 7s Gd, fleshy 3 to 4 year steers £7 5s to £B, fresh 3 year steer 3 £6 10s to £6 14s, prime fat cows and heifei'3 £6 15s, meaty cows £4 10s to £5 ss, heifers in calf £6. Like the entry at Ohaupo, most of the wethers were in backward condition, and were not suitable for turnip stocking. Five hundred forward conditioned wethers made 14s Gd to 17s Gd, 1000 good framed crossbred wethers in backward condition made 13s to 13s 9d, .and 1500 small framed and out of condition wethers 7s Gd to 9s, shorn ewes 7s Gd to £Bs lOd. smaller sorts 5s to 63, fat and forward empty ewes 13s Gd, good ewes in lamb 2 to S tooth 10s lOd to 13s 2d, fair ewes 7s 6d to 10s, cull ewes 5s to 7s, lambs mixed sexes (is to Bs.

At Morrinsville on 19th we had a yarding of 1550 sheep 167 fat cattle and 260 store cattle. Fat sheep were in request and advanced in price, but ewes in lamb were unsaleable. Fat cattle sold farly well, but were £1 per head below prices of a week ago; store cattle were required and sold well. Wei! fattened wethers made 19s to 22s 3d, light weights but kiilablel 3s Gd to 15s prime fat maiden ewes 20s, aged fat ewes 12s lid to 15s 6d, fat lambs 10s to 12a, small store lambs 5s od, good woolly lambs 9s 3d, well fattened steers £6 7s Gd to £7 7s 6d, heavy fat cow 3 £6 5s to £7 73 Gd, medium weight cows and heifers £5 5s to £5 17s Gd, fresh conditioned cows £3 15s to £4 ss, store cos £2 15s to £3 ss, really good steer calves £2 3s to £2 10s, medium calves £1 15s to £1 18s, small calves Gs to 255, choice 1J year Holstein heifers in calf £5 to £5 123 Gd, same age Jersey cross heifers £4- 15s to £5 ss, Shorthorn heifers £4, 18 month steers £3,

The New Zealand Loan and Mercan-

tile Agency Co., Ltd., report

We held a sale at Pirongia on Wednesday 17th, when the entry mainly consisted of calves, for which there was competition. Best sorts made £i 15s to £2 2s, others £1 2s 6d to £1 7n, 15 months heifers £2 12s (id, dairy cows to calve in spring £4 4s. At Hamilton on 18th we yarded 700 sheep and 280 cattle. Prices: Fat steers £8 15s, fat cows £5 15s to £6 ss, heifers, £6 10s, 18 month steers £3 2s fid to £3 4s, best calves £1 17s 6d to £2, others £1 5s to £1 12s, small calves 15s to £1 Is, store cows £2 ]os to £3 2s, dairy cows £4 10s to £6 17s 6d, fleshy bulls £4 5s to £6 10s, fat wethers 19s b'd, fat ewes 14s 3d to 14s 6d, fat lambs 10a 6d to 13s Sd, store wethers 12s 6d, weaner pigs 3s, slips 8s 6d to 123 6d porkers £l.